A New Hampshire jury has found a Massachusetts State Police trooper not guilty of assaulting a man after a multi-state chase last year.

WMUR 9 reports a jury in Hillsborough County Superior Court found Joseph Flynn, 32, of Tewksbury, not guilty on two counts of simple assault by an on-duty officer.

Flynn, who is currently on paid leave from his job as a Massachusetts State Police trooper, testified during his trial. He said he threw punches at Richard Simone Jr. when the chase ended only as submission blows.

Simone was arrested in May 2016 after authorities say he led police on a high-speed chase from Holden, Massachusetts to Nashua, New Hampshire. At the end of the chase, Simone got out of his vehicle and then onto his hands and knees.

Video from news helicopters showed law enforcement officers striking Simone. Flynn argued that he believed Simone may have been armed and was only protecting himself and other officers. The jury viewed video of the incident.

Flynn and now-former New Hampshire State Trooper Andrew Monaco were both charged with assaulting Simone. Monaco, who testified during the trial, pleaded guilty to assault charges and is no longer a trooper after he resigned.